A Humble Attempt at Scurrility - 11
IF therefore Mr. H—s is really not capable of wording an Advertisement, and is ambitious of acquiring that very profound Knowledge, he has now the happiest Opportunity that could possibly have offered. Let him resolve but to take Pattern by the learned Messrs. Al—n and Tu—er […] and he will find that he has little more to do than to provide himself with a large Quantity of WITHS to tye his Words and Sentences together: The rest will follow easy enough. For Example, “TO BE SOLD, the Copper Boilers, Copper Coolers and Pans— with a large Number of Moulds and Drips—with every other Material ready for carrying on the Business;—together with the Still-House—with the Worms and Tubs— with a large Shed,” &c.
EVERY Author has his Admirers, and ‘tis not improbable but there may be, among Messrs. Al—n and T—r’s Readers, some who will fancy they see great Beauties in
†. As it is become so fashionable with the Pr—ry Faction, to estimate a Man’s present Fitness for public Affairs, by what may have been his former Occupation, I would humbly recommend to those Dablers in Politics, the learned Doctors of the C—ge, to ascertain whether a Baker of Bread is not as likely to make a good Politician as a Baker of Sugar: And when their Hands are in, I wish they would likewise settle to which the Preference ought to be given in Point of ”Rank”—Whether to the Man who furnishes us with a Necessary of Life, or he that procures us a Luxury? The Case is indeed intricate, and will require a deal of Consideration, but I trust those Sages are equal to the Task.
